FRC Blog - Something New - Team 'Standards'

[RyanCahoon]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Am I the only one thinking about how many pieces of electronics you could pack into this thing? Without any limits, I could envision some neat applications, some of which possibly could be used to enhance the robot's on-field performance. I think smarter teams are going to find a way to utilize this "extra thing you can put on the field" to their strategic advantage in the game.

That was my first thought. A couple people pointed out last year that it was technically legal for the operator interface to extend above the driver station glass, and there were a few scattered discussion about mounting a camera up there for increased visibility.

Alternately, while they can't have retroreflective tape, there's many ways these could be used for vision targets. This could be a feasible way to make a full-field positioning system like [faust1706] and other have been talking about for a couple of years now. Make two banners and give them to your alliance partners in stations 1 and 3, then mount a camera on top of your robot. Unless we have another stacking game or some serious field element clutter, pretty good visibility could be maintained.